Janet Fouts

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What’s wrong with online community today?

Janet Fouts

If you know me, you know that community has always been the backbone of my work, and the foundation of my business. You may also know that taking a thoughtful and mindful approach to how we communicate with others really matters. We wanted online communities to be a reflection of our personalities and a place for personal expression.

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There Is No Free Social Media For Business

Janet Fouts

Waay back in the 1990s I co-founded a startup on-line community for the restaurant industry. Blogs were in their infancy and we used bulletin boards and comment streams on posts to communicate with our user-base and we loved every second of it. Nobody saw how community could support a business model.

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Marketers are freaking out about Facebook

Janet Fouts

It’s a bit long, but here are some highlights from his post : “…recently we’ve gotten feedback from our community that public content — posts from businesses, brands and media — is crowding out the personal moments that lead us to connect more with each other.”

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Enriching Conferences With Real Interaction

Janet Fouts

This conference brings together business leaders, agency execs and their teams with keynotes and expert panels, as well as solutions providers and their tools, all in a dynamic, community-based setting. See the full agenda here. Keep an eye on Twitter too, the @SFAMA will be live-tweeting the event with the tag #IMS13.

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What does a latte have to do with a blue key?

Janet Fouts

The Blue Key Community is a growing contingent of Americans to support over 6,000 UNHCR staffers working with refugees around the world to find them shelter, food and the care they need to survive and have hope for a brighter future. Five bucks can help the UNHCR support refugees around the world. You think they get lattes in a refugee camp?

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Are You an Irregular Blogger?

Janet Fouts

This just encourages community discussion and give a wider point of view on the subject at hand. How often is up to you, but often it’s helpful to set a sort of schedule to your blogging so people begin to expect to hear from you on a regular basis. I delete a blog from my reader if it doesn’t update enough.

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Hating on Social Media – #NOTOK

Janet Fouts

” Not OK in our communities, on our streets, and not OK on social media. What I have read and heard the last few days sickens me, and I agree with many that it is important,–no, vital–that we stand up and say in a clear voice, “Hate is not OK!” In order to say that, we have to look into our own hearts too.